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    Assessment of knowledge and practice towards infection prevention and associated factors among nurses working in adult and pediatric emergency in Tikur Anbessa specialized hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
    (Addis Ababa Universty, 2018-06) Abreha, Negash; Debebe, Finot (Assistant professor)
    Background: Infectious diseases are a global concern and the second commonest cause of death in the world. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has recommended that standard precautions be used on all patients, regardless of knowledge about their infectious status. Nosocomial infections are infections acquired in the hospital or other health care facilities that were not present or incubating at the time of the client’s admission. Compliance with standard precautions measures is therefore essential to prevent and control health care associated infections in both health care workers and patients. Objective: To assess knowledge and practice towards infection prevention and associated factors among Nurses working in Adult and Pediatric Emergency Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, November 2017 to June 2018. Methods and Materials: Institution based cross sectional study was conducted from November 2017 to June 2018 at adult and pediatric emergency in Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital. Self-administered structured questionnaires were used to collect information. Bivariate and Multivariate Logistic regression was used to identify factors associated with knowledge and practice of nurses towards infection prevention with P-value <0.05. Result: One hundred two participants with 94.4% response rate were involved in the study. From these (75.5%) were knowledgeable and 72.5% had a safe practice nurses score towards infection prevention. Having training on infection prevention was significantly associated with practice on infection prevention. (AOR=2.669, 95% of CI: 1.66, 7.377). Conclusion: About three fourth of nurses were knowledgeable and had safe practice on infection prevention. Infection prevention training and presence of infection prevention committee in the health institution are determinant factors to practice. Further study is recommended.